INEllX. 
417 
260, 261 ; revenue of, ill. 268 — 
270 
Cuba and the slave trade, iii. 242 
Cubagua, island of i. 191, iii. 216 ; 
pearls of, i. 145 ; native deer of, 
i. 196 
Cucliivano, Risco or crevice of, i. 
230, tigers of the, ib. ; forests 
of, i. 233 ; gold mines of, i. 235 ; 
caverns of i. 236 
Culebra, island of, ii. 7 
Culimacari, rock of, ii. 410 
Cumana, city of, i. 147, 160, 396; 
geology of, i. 151 ; forests of, 
i. 152 ; iii. 109 ; frequency 
of earthquakes in, i. 153, 163, 
347 ; population of, i. 154, 
294 ; plains of, i. 156, 284, iii. 
71; port of, i. 160, 396 ; climate 
of, i. 157, 161, 178 i ancient 
name of, i. ]61n, iii. 216 ; slave 
market of, i. 175 ; government 
of, i. 181 n; mountains of, i. 209 ; 
cacao of, i. 288 ; languages of i. 
317, trading boats of, i. 362 ; 
departure from, i. 363 ; return 
to, iii. 109; geology of, iii. 372 
governor of, i. 149, 150 
Cumanacoa, town of, i. 222 ; tobac- 
CO plantations of, i. 225-229; 
indigo plantations of, ib. ; geo- 
logy of, iii. 391 
Cumanagoto, iii. 103 ; subdued 
tribes of, i. 334 
Cunavami, mountains of, ii. 313 
Cuneva, ii. 458 
Cunucnnumo river, ii. 471 
Cunuri, cataract of, ii. 419 
Cura, the, iii. 33 
Curare, or vegetable poison, ii 438; 
see “ Poisons.” 
Curacicanas, cotton manufactures of 
the, ii. 478 
Currents, equinoctial, in the Atlan- 
tic, i. 15-20 ; causes of, i. 22-24 ; 
variations of the, i. 25, iii. 20.5 ; 
seeds and fruits, deposited by, i. 
22 
Currency, ii. 112 
Cusps, or fcincnona tree, medicinal 
properties of, i. 211, 212 
Cuzco, city of, iii. 300 
D. 
Dagysa notata, a mollusc, dis- 
covered by Sir J. Banks, i. 27 
Darien, coast of, iii. 205 ; gold of 
the, iii. 215 
gulf of, iii. 131 
Dairies of Andalusia, i. 156 
Dances of the Indians, ii. 386, 448 
Dapa, island of, ii. 389 
Dapicfao, or fossil India-rubber, ii. 
344 ; preparation of, ii. 345 ; 
growth of, ii. 358 
Daripe, San Miguel de, ii. 386 
Decrement of heat, laws of the, i. 51 
Deer, American, i. 196, 197 
Deformities, natural, total absence 
of, among the Indians, i. 307 
Deity, ideas of the, held by native 
Indians, ii. 362 
Delpeche, printing office established 
by, i. 416 
Delta, the plains of the, i. 153 
Deluge, traditions of the, ii. 182, 
183, 473 
Demerara, iii. 6 n, settlement of, 
iii. 16 
Depons, M., opinions of, on Lake 
of Valencia, ii. 9, n 
Deserts of the New World, ii. 86 
87, dangersof travelling in, ii. 132 
Devil’s Nook, (Rincon del Diablo), 
ii. 22, 26 
Dialects, Indian, analogy of, i. 313; 
affinity of, i. 323 ; diversity of, 
i. 318, ii. 223 
Diamante, island of, ii. 152 ; sugar 
plantations of, ib. 
Diamonds, i. 193, n ; cutting of, 
first invented, ib. legends of, iii. 
382 
Diego de Losada, town founded “ry. 
